75-80 Properties v. RALE, Inc.

75-80 Properties, L.L.C., et al. v. RALE, Inc., et al., No. 59, September Term, 2019, Opinion by Booth, J. STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – FREDERICK COUNTY ETHICS ORDINANCE APPLICABLE TO ETHICS VIOLATIONS DURING DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL PROCESS. Under the plain language of the Frederick County Ethics Statute, Maryland Code, General Provisions Article (“GP”) § 5-862, the circuit court was not required to undertake a procedural due process analysis and determine whether the violation of the ethics statute denied an aggrieved party procedural due process within the underlying zoning proceeding. Under the…